...were called to fix the period Happiness of in the history of the world, during which lll° Komans. the condition of the human race was most happy and...absolute power, under the guidance of virtue and wisdom. The armies wero restrained by the firm but gentle hand of our four successive emperors, whose characters...

...cruelty, raged in every part of Europe, and completed its sufferings. If a man were called on to fix upon the period in the history of the world, during which the condition of the human race was most calamitous and afflicted, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Theodosius...

...of her passions, or the abuse of her power, to cloud the mild glories of that reign, during which " the vast extent of the Roman empire was governed by absolute power, under the guidance of wisdom and virtue . ' ' The cotemporary witnesses of the private life of Marcus Aurelius were all in...

...history of the world, during which the condition of the human race was most calamitous and afflicted, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Theodosius the Great, to the establishment of the Lombards in Italy.* The contemporary authors, who...

...of life, and to direct the destinies of an empire. "If a man," says Gibbon, " were called to fix a period in the history of the world during which the...that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accessjon of Commodus. The vast extent of the Roman empire was governed by absolute power, under the...

...cruelty, raged in every part of Europe, and completed its sufferings. If a man were called to fix upon a period in the history of the world, during which the condition of the human race were most calamitous and afflicted, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the...

...cruelty, raged in every part of Europe, and completed its sufferings. If a man were called to fix upon a period in the history of the world, during which the condition of the human race were most calamitous and afflicted, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the...

...distinction between what was sacred and v. IM! was profane. If a person should be ill1'. nn! to fix upon the period in the history of the world, during which the condition of the human race was the most calamitous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed between the death of Theodoiiui...

...have enjoyed the greatest happiness and prosperity.* " The vast extent of the empire," says Gibbon, "was governed by absolute power under the guidance of virtue and wisdom. The armies were restrained by the firm but gentle hand of four successive emperors, whose characters...

...impossible not to feel, that Greece cannot be included in the general assertion of Gibbon, that " if a man were called to fix the period in the history...death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus,"* It may be doubted whether the Roman government ever relaxed the systematic oppression under which the...